Yankees' Cam Schlittler makes 1st-of-its-kind MLB pitching history
Not a bad day's work for the righty phenom.
Yankees' Cam Schlittler makes 1st-of-its-kind MLB pitching history originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Cam Schlittler continues to make the case that he's one of the best young pitchers in baseball.
He did it on Wednesday in Seattle by giving the New York Yankees a star that has never quite been matched in MLB history. The key is Schlittler's totals in these five stats: 6. 1 innings 2 hits 0 earned runs allowed 0 walks allowed 7 strikeouts.
No starting pitcher ever has had that exact line before, according to Pitchergami. 🚨 PITCHERGAMI 🚨 Cam Schlittler just threw a line that has NEVER happened in MLB history: 6. 1 IP | 2 H | 0 ER | 0 BB | 7 K NYY @ SEA That's the 23rd Pitchergami of 2026 and 1 of 83,247+ unique lines on record.
— Pitchergami (@pitchergami) April 1, 2026 MORE: Terrance Gore's son honors dad with perfect first pitch There are multiple people replying to that X quote to question it, but it actually makes sense in the historical context of baseball. A two-hitter, with no walks, through 19 outs? That pitcher would almost always have stayed in the game.